Volga-Sport-Arena
# Volga-Sport-Arena

54°17′52″N 48°20′28″E﻿ / ﻿54.2979°N 48.3411°E﻿ / 54.2979; 48.3411

Volga-Sport-Arena is a sports venue in Ulyanovsk, Russia. It is the home of Volga. At the 2016 Bandy World Championship it hosted most of the matches.

Volga-Sport-Arena holds 5,000 seated spectators. The total area of the stadium is 23,000 $m^2$ with an ice of 6,500 $m^2$ or 100x60 m playing field. The decision to build it was taken in 2012 and it opened in 2014.

There is also a local bandy museum at the premises. At the time of the 2016 World Championship held here, plans were announced by Ulyanovsk Oblast Governor Sergey Morozov to make this a national museum for Russian bandy.

